Method of making scrap-books and the like.



T. LAYTON. METHOD OF MAKING SGRAP BOOKS AND THE LIKE,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1910.

960,352, Patented Junel 7, 1910.

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METHOD OF MAKING SCRAP-BOOKS AND THE LIKE.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. LAYTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holyoke, I-Iampden county, Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Waking Scrap- Books and the Like' and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in the method of making scrap books and the like, and consists in the novel steps and methods hereinafter fully described and then particularly pointed out in the claims which conclude this description.

Heretofore books of this nature have been made by gluing the paper within parallel channels cut in a solid backing formed of a block of wood, or by securing the paper between guard strips by gluing or sewing or by other processes or methods which have no pertinency to the method which forms the subject matter of this application.

The breaking away of glued portions owing to constant usage will render the book useless, and in all books of this sort in which the guards and paper are secured together mainly by stitching, the threads employed in the stitching invariably appear on the back of the book and render such back rough and uneven so that a special strip of binders board must be firmly glued to the back before the latter is united to the usual cover, and even then the binders board is apt to break away from the book back owing to the uneven surface of the latter.

By my improvement I can produce a book of this description in which the back will not only be perfectly rigid with the paper securely held therein, but the rear portion of such back is perfectly smooth and free from any roughness whatsoever so that I am enabled to dispense with a special strip of binders board since such back is glued directly to the enveloping cover.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application Figure 1 is an elevation of a completed book made in accordance with my method-Fig, 2 a broken cross section of such book as it appears before the dummy boards are re- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1910.

Patented June '7, 1910.

Serial No. 549,710.

movedFig. 3 an edge elevation of such book as it appears after the removal of the dummy boards, and Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the back of such book.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

In making the book in accordance with my improved method, I first place a guard strip 1 and a dummy board 2 on any suitable table and abut them together lengthwise. The guard strips and dummy boards are made of wood, binders board, or other suitable material, the guard strips being long and narrowand an eighth of an inch thick more or less, while the dummy boards may be of any suitable dimensions so long as they are of the same thickness as that of the strips. After a strip and a dummy board have been properly assembled on a suitable table a number of leaves of paper 3 are placed thereon, and then a second strip and dummy board are placed on such paper, and thereafter the book is built up by successive layers of the strips and dummy boards and paper sections until the proper thickness of book is arrived at.

In building up the book in the manner just described, the rear. edges of the paper sections are placed substantially flush with the rear edges of the guard strips, and the book when completely built up in this manner presents a solid appearance which is due to the presence of the dummy boards, and the next step in my improved method is to properly square the book and securely pin the guard strips and paper sections together by suitable nails 4:, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2. This nailing process is effected by means of any suitable nailing machine and any desired number of nails may be utilized. The book in this form is provided with a perfectly rigid back, but the rear edges of the guard strips are apt to be more or less rough or uneven, and accordingly I render them perfectly smooth and even by sand papering. For the purposes of convenience and expedition, this sandpapering of the rear edges of the guard strips is effected by means of a sandpapering machine.

The operation of nailing and sandpapering is so rapid that I am enabled to effect them at the rate of about sixty books per hour, and after the sandpapering the back glue it directly to the cover without utilizing any intermediate binders strip or analogous material. I preferably utilize dummy boards whose length and width are such that said boards convenience in building up a book and in manipulating the same during the nailing and sandpapering' processes.

Of course, in some instances, it may not be found necessary to sandpaper the rear edges of the guard strips, but my improved method of making these books renders it possible to take advantage of this sandpapering process, and in this connection I would say that never before, in the art of making prescription, invoice, or scrap books, when alternate guard strips and paper sections were employed, has it been possible to smooth the rear edges of the book thus formed, ow-

ing to the fact that the threads or other means utilized in securing these strips and sections together appeared on the back of the book.

A book made in accordance with my improved method has a perfectly rigid back and the paper sections are secured in position without the use of glue or stitching, and the back of the book is perfectly smooth and is secured directly to the cover. 7

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. The method herein described of making scrap books and the like, which consistsin confining successive sections of paper between successive guard strips, and then driving through sald sections and strips rigid fastening devices whereby said sections and strips will be rigidly fastened together.

2. The method herein described of making prescription, invoice, or scrap books and the like, which consists in confining successive sections of paper between successive guard strips, nailing said strips and paper rigidly together, and smoothing the rear edges of said strips. 7

3. The method herein described of making prescription, invoice, or scrap books and the like, which consists in confining successive sections of paper between successive guard strips, and then nailing said strips and paper rigidly together from opposite sides.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' THOMAS LAYTONQ Witnesses:

EDWARD S. TOWNE, GEO. I-I. SmI LE. 

